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Executive Women's Symposium
Executive Women shaping the path to the Future of Work
August 7th-8th, 2025
About the Event
The business world is evolving—and women are leading that change. Today, women hold 10.4% of Fortune 500 CEO roles, with C-suite representation reaching 29%. ​While these gains mark important progress, challenges remain. Female managers still earn just 84 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts, and gender disparities persist at the highest levels of leadership. Research consistently shows that diverse leadership teams drive stronger performance, yet the path to parity is far from complete.
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​The 2025 Chicago Women’s Symposium unites trailblazers, change makers, and rising leaders to champion the advancement of women in leadership—because creating a stronger future starts with investing in everyone at the table.​
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Join us in Chicago, IL, August 7–8, 2025, as ACS Firm’s Future of Work (FOW) Events proudly presents the inaugural Chicago Women’s Symposium. This two-day event offers a dynamic and supportive space for women to complete assessments, identify strengths, voice challenges, ideate around solutions, and co-create actionable goals for advancement.
Executive women are shaping the future of work– driving innovation, fostering inclusive workplaces and redefining what leadership looks like. Their influence is pivotal in navigating the evolving business landscape and building resilient organizations. Whether you're an established executive or an emerging leader, this symposium is designed to empower, connect, and catalyze your growth.
Tickets available May 16th, 2025
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Keynote Speaker
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Executive Evaluation Experience
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Panel Discussion
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Collaborative Working Group Sessions
Unlimited
Opportunities for Individual Growth
Our Committee
Clinton National Airport
Steven Baker
Southern Illinois Airport
Alyssa Connell
Intently Collaborative
Dena DeRose
Dallas Love Field/City of Dallas
Sheneice Hughes
Aspen / Pitkin County Airport
Diane Jackson
Brownsville South Padre Island Int’l Airport
Angel Ramos
Stafford HR Consulting
Cyndi Stafford
ACS Firm / FoW
Joe Pierce
Chicago Department of Aviation
Vildana Celik
AirTera
Lorena de Rodriguez
HR Answers
Laurie Grenya
SSP America
Dawn Hunter Christy
LaGuardia Gateway Partners
Suzette Noble
BWI Airport
Keiva Rodriquez
Valdez Thompson Consulting
Linda Valdez Thompson
ACS Firm / FoW
Eric Mercado
Designed for Transformation, Not Just Inspiration
The 2025 Chicago Women’s Symposium isn’t just another industry event—it’s a hands-on, transformational experience designed to build executive-level competencies. Through a combination of hands-on evaluations, personalized assessments, learning, ideation, and goal setting, participants will leave with more than inspiration—they’ll leave with a roadmap.
This immersive environment offers you a unique opportunity to gain a personalized action plan for continuous growth, development and career acceleration.
Executive Planning Committee
This event content is collaboratively curated and backed by the partnership with the Executive Planning Committee to drive innovation and transformative change in the future of work.
Keynote Speaker
Visionary Leader Driving Innovation and Transformative Change in the Future of Work
Evaluation Center
Engage in interactive, executive-level, competency-based exercises and evaluations designed to provide valuable insight into each participant’s strengths and areas for development. Results will be shared privately and individually to support personalized reflection and growth.
Panel Discussion
Engaging discussion with leaders on the Future of Work as it relates to women and their positions in leadership.
Workshops and Training sessions
Experiential sessions led by expert facilitators in professional level evaluation and development. These sessions will provide participants with opportunities to reflect deeply about their strengths, areas for growth, and the unique value they bring to an organization. The culmination of the various sessions will allow participants to build toward practical skills in various executive level competencies including strategic thinking and positioning, communication, leadership, and networking– all aimed at elevating their careers.
Networking
Opportunities for attendees to interact during sessions, breaks, and the evening social to share ideas and form connections.
Who is it for
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Leadership, Senior, and Middle Management
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C-suite Executives
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Directors
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Managers
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Human Resource Professionals
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Allies of women’s growth
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Professionals aiming to improve their competencies and invested in expanding their cultural development